How an Advanced Civilization Could Stop Dark Energy From Preventing Their Future Exploration

During the 1930s, astronomers came to realize that the Universe was in a state of expansion. By the 1990s, it became learned that the rate of expansion was accelerating, giving rise to the theory of “Dark Energy”. Because of this, in the next 100 billion years, all stars within the Local Group – the part of the Universe that includes a total of 54 galaxies, including the Milky Way – will expand beyond the cosmic horizon